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Jake Shimabukuro Announces New Ukulele Method at Hal Leonard NAMM Booth
Ukulele Superstar to Appear in Booth 5720 on Friday, January 20, to Announce His First-Ever Method and Sign Autographs
MILWAUKEE – Ukulele superstar Jake Shimabukuro has teamed up with Hal Leonard to release his first-ever ukulele method. Jake will visit the Hal Leonard booth to announce the book with online video lessons at the NAMM show on Friday, January 20. The press is invited to a photo opportunity with Jake at 3:45 pm in the Hal Leonard booth #5720 located in Hall B. Immediately following the press announcement, Jake will sign autographs for NAMM visitors at 4:00.
Jake Shimabukuro Teaches Ukulele Lessons features Jake introducing notes, chords, songs, and playing techniques. The book includes instruction and transcriptions of every example and the full-length online video features Jake teaching and demonstrating all the skills and techniques from the book. The book also includes access to recordings of the demonstrations in the book. The audio and video are accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows players to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
The video footage also features performances of Jake playing some of his most popular arrangements such as “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and “Ukulele Five-O,” among others. The book with online audio and video retails for $19.99.
Any retailers interested in ordering Jake Shimabukuro Teaching Ukulele Lessons can visit the Hal Leonard NAMM booth #5720, call the Hal Leonard E-Z Order Line at 1-800-554-0626, or email .
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About Jake Shimabukuro:
Called “one of the hottest axemen of the past few years [who] doesn’t actually play guitar (Rolling Stone),Jake Shimabukurohas become one of the most exceptional and innovative uke players in the history of the instrument—an artist who has drawn comparisons to musical titans such asJimi Hendrix andMiles Davis.Throughout his rich and varied catalog of albums, Jake captures the many moods of the uke, fearlessly traversing boundaries and putting his inspired touch on everything from island standards, to popular tunes and classical symphonic concertos.He has collaborated with artists fromYo-Yo Ma, Jimmy Buffett, Jack Johnson andCyndi Lauperto Ziggy Marley, Dave Koz, Lyle Lovett andBette Midler, and wowed audiences at SXSW, Bonnaroo, the Playboy Jazz Festival, and the cutting-edge TED conference. Noted for his solo uke arrangements of such varied pieces as Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Schubert's “Ave Maria” andLeonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” Jake just releasedNashville Sessions, his first album of all original songs, whichAssociated Presscalled “an adventurous, dazzling album.” Jake balances music with family life and community service, traveling to schools around the world spreading positive messages to young people, encouraging them to live drug-free and find their passion. Just last month, he completed an ambitious goal of repairing 100 damaged Kamaka ukuleles for Hawaii public schools.
About Hal Leonard
Hal Leonard Corporation is the world's largest educational music publisher, with the #1 methods for learning guitar (the Hal Leonard Guitar Method), piano (the Faber Piano Method), and school music instruments (Essential Elements for Band and Strings), plus publications for learning virtually every instrument imaginable. In its catalog of more than 200,000 available titles, Hal Leonard represents many of the world's best known and most respected publishers, artists, songwriters, arrangers and musical instrument manufacturers. Its products are sold in more than 65 countries throughout the world through Hal Leonard offices and a large network of distributors. Domestically, the company markets to more than 7,500 music stores in the United States and Canada through a team of 50 in-house sales representatives.